The man who brought the RNC to Tampa and what he says Cincinnati needs to do to snag the convention

Host committee: You have to want it 'awfully bad'

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney joins his wife, Ann Romney on stage during the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum on August 28, 2012. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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Florida real estate developer Al Austin

Al Austin was chairman of the Tampa Bay Host Committee, and the person most credited with attracting the RNC’s convention to the city in 2012.

“You have to want to do it awfully bad, because it’s hard work,” Austin said.

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